Rates of vaso-vagal reactions among first time teenaged whole blood, double red cell, and plateletpheresis donors

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-143

  Reiss, Robert F ^a   Harkin, Ruth ^a   Lessig, Marvin ^a   Mascari, Julie ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donations; Teenaged blood donors; Transfusion medicine; Vaso vagal reactions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SYNCOPE; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELETPHERESIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

SYNCOPE;

EID: 66349129664     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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